Principles of European constitutional law / edited by Armin von Bogdandy and Jurgen Bast.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bogdandy, Armin von, 1960-

Bast, Jürgen, 1968-

Series:

Modern Studies in European Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--European Union countries.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (856 p.)

Edition:

2nd rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, OR : Hart ; Munchen, Germany : CH Beck, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For the time being, the political project of basing the European Union on a document entitled ''Constitution'' has failed. The second, revised and enlarged edition of this volume retains its title nonetheless. Building on a scholarly rather than black-letter law account, it shows European constitutional law as it looks following the Treaty of Lisbon, with the EU''s foundational treaties mandating the exercise of public authority, establishing a hierarchy of norms and legitimising legal acts, providing for citizenship, and granting fundamental rights. In this way the treaties shape the relation

Contents:

Prelims; Preface; Short Contents; Contents; List of Contributors; Table of Cases; The Constitutional Approach to EU Law- From Taming Intergovernmental Relationships to Framing Political Processes; Part I Defining the Field of European Constitutional Law; 1 Founding Principles; 2 Federalism and Democracy; 3 National Constitutional Law Relating to the European Union; 4 The Constitutional Role of International Law; 5 Pouvoir Constituant-Constitution-Constitutionalisation; 6 On Finality; Part II Institutional Issues; 7 The Political Institutions; 8 The Federal Order of Competences

9 Foreign Affairs10 Legal Instruments and Judicial Protection; 11 Multilevel Constitutional Jurisdiction; Part III The Legal Position of the Individual; 12 Union Citizenship; 13 Fundamental Rights; 14 Fundamental Freedoms; 15 The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice; Part IV The Constitution of the Social Order; 16 The Economic Constitution within the Internal Market; 17 The Labour Constitution; 18 Competition Law as Part of the European Constitution; Part V Contending Visions of European Integration; 19 The European Union as a Federal Association of States and Citizens

20 The European Union of States21 The Advantages of the European Constitution; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612622397

9783406595844

3406595847

9781282622395

1282622390

9781847315502

184731550X

OCLC:

642661904